Is "Scream 4" worth watching? Not if you're blind.(Video) The "Blind Film Critic" says there's no way to figure out the movie if you can't see the picture. That doesn't mean it's not good eye candy, but one might stop to consider what movies are like for the blind. Great dramatic writing would be good whether the players are visible or not. On the other hand, visual stunts like extreme ironing probably don't carry as well.

General McChrystal didn't do anything worthy of firingThe Pentagon investigated the accusations made in the Rolling Stone article that got McChrystal canned, but couldn't substantiate anything sufficient to have warranted his firing. Too little, too late, unfortunately, but at least his name got cleared.

Apple has a good quarter, but the iPod is having troubleThere's a whole lot of love now for the company, which is making lots of profits and earning lots of press. But sales of the iPod are down 17% from last year. The iPod was a huge success for Apple, but if it can fall this quickly, the company is quite obviously never more than a few years ahead of falling off a cliff. Product cycles are too fast in Apple's core business areas for the company to have a guarantee of success in the long run.

UNI is switching to Google AppsThe good: It will allow the university to outsource a lot of the parts of its IT work that create headaches, and likely create some savings while giving students access to better tools. The bad: There are legitimate reasons to have concern about Google's approach to privacy, and a conscientious objector to Google probably can't opt-out without a whole lot of hassle.

Free speech at odds with good public-health policyThe anti-vaccination campaigners, who are hell-bent on ignoring scientific evidence and putting their children (and everyone else) at risk of serious infectious diseases, are funding a billboard in Times Square to oppose the use of vaccinations. The American Academy of Pediatrics, which is about to celebrate National Infant Immunization Week, wants the billboard companies to take the messages down. It's a strange sort of tension: The anti-immunization lot have a right to say what they believe, but that imposes a costly burden on everyone else to respond loudly and frequently to drown out their fraudulent message.